Part 1: IntroductionPart 2: Etihad Airways
Part 3: British Airways
Part 3.1: Depositing British Airways travel to American Airlines and Alaska
Part 4: Emirates
Part 5: Air India
Part 6: Cathay Pacific
Part 7: Jet Airways
Part 8: Singapore Airlines
Part 9: Qatar Airways
Part 10: Lufthansa
Part 11: Malaysian Airlines

In part 1, we have seen the overview of claiming the miles for your travel, and learned that these miles can be used for future travel. In this post, we will go through the several choices of claiming miles for travel with British Airways.

British Airways frequent flyer program is called Executive Club and its currency is called Avios. British Airways is a part of the Oneworld Alliance, which makes British Airways Avios more flexible and valuable.

You can fly in Airbus A380 & Boeing 787 with British Airways

Let us take a example and understand what you can get and how you can use them, if you travel a round trip between Los Angeles -> Hyderabad in Economy Class (Lowest).

you have a choice of 22 frequent flyer programs to credit your travel with British Airways. We will go through some of the sweet spots with the miles you earn for travelling between Los Angeles and Hyderabad.

British Airways offers Household Accounts, where you can pool all the miles earned across your family which provides greater flexibility while redeeming. you need to decide who is the head of the household, before you can create a Household Account . Your Household Account can include up to 6 members.

If you travel with a family of 4 between Los Angeles and Hyderabad (round trip), your household account can earn a total of 81,912 Avios.

British Airways charges Fuel Surcharges on award tickets, these fuel surcharges are especially high if you are connecting through London.

Let us see how we can use these Avios.

1. Award ticket from Los Angeles to Hyderabad:

You can see the Fuel surcharges for using British Airways (BA) Avios. BA charges 50,000 Avios and $328 for an economy class one-way ticket from Los Angeles to Hyderabad with British Airways.

One-way Economy Award ticket from Los Angeles to Hyderabad

Fuel Surcharges jumps to $783 if you choose Business class

If you would like to fly in Business Class instead of economy, if will cost you 100,000 Avios plus $783.

Can we minimize the fuel Surcharges?

Yes, since British Airways is a part of Oneworld Alliance, we can redeem BA-Avios with Oneworld partners like Cathay Pacific, Qatar Airways, Japan Airlines

Here are a few examples: if you use Cathay Pacific , you need 47,500 Avios and $221 for a one- way Economy ticket from Los Angeles and Hyderabad.

One-way economy from Los Angele to Hyderabad with Cathay Pacific

If you like to try Business class, it will cost you 95,000 Avios and $221 for a one-way business class ticket from Los Angeles to Hyderabad with Cathay Pacific, lower than the British Airways business class award ($100,000 and $783)

Since, Qatar Airways is also a part of Oneworld, you can use Avios for the travel with Qatar Airways.

You can use Avios for travelling with Qatar Airways

British Airways uses a distance based award chart and adds fuel surcharges. If you need to connect through another city to reach your destination, you can do a stop over at that city for as many days as you like without any additional cost.

What else can we do with your travel with BA?

you can travel with American Airlines and Alaska airlines. using British Airways Avios. Here are a few examples of redemption on these airlines

Surcharges using BA Avios with American Airlines is only $5

Using BA Avios for short distance routes on American Airlines gives an excellent return on your Avios. One round trip between Los Angeles to Hyderabad with British Airways can yield you 2 round trip tickets between Los Angeles and SFO with American Airlines.

You can also treat yourself with a trip to Hawaii

If you are looking for options from India, you can treat yourself to a trip to Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong or Sri Lanka.

You can treat yourself with a trip to Malaysia

You can also use BA Avios for travel with Alaska Airlines with the same pricing structure, You need 12,500 Avios + $5 for a one way ticket from San Diego to Honolulu with Alaska Airlines. These awards cannot be booked online and needs to be booked through the BA call center

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